Splice-joint.



G; J. ROTHERMEL.

SPLICE JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED APR.13, 1914.

Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

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lT AT it CURTIS J. ROTHIERMEL, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPLICE-JOINT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CURTIS J. ROTHERMEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Splice- Joints, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple but very strong joint for splicing band-metal.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view of a broken section of a metal band or strap shown overlapping at its ends and joined by means of my improvement; Fig. 2 is-an edge view of the same; Fig. 3 is a section on line 3, Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a section on line 4, F ig. 2.

To splice a strip or band 8 of flexible metal, I apply a girth 9 of flexible metal by bending it transversely, about the overlapping endportions and bringing the ends of the girth-strap closely together. A suitable crimping tool is then applied to the girth to indent it on one sidebetween its edges and protrude it correspondingly on the opposite side, thereby similarly crimping the double thickness of the band 8. The joint thus produced forms a very strongsplice, the strength of which may be increased by using thicker metal for the girth.

I have more immediately devised this "form of my improvement for splicing the metal straps fastened at intervals about cylindrical ctates used for shipping linoleum, and the like, in rolls. The splice is made in a space between adjacent staves of the crate, either with one crimp, as shown,

or with more than one Where the girth used Specification of letters Patent.

Application filed April 13, 1914. Serial No. 831,607.

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The protruding face of the crimp then extends inwardly to avoid projecting it beyond the face of the crate, where it would be liable to catch when one crate is dragged across another.

'As will be seen, by crimping the solid metal girth into the strap-sections inside it, straintending to undo the splice would have to straighten out the crimps in the overlapping ends before they can be pulled apart. This is practically impossible, however, since the double walls of the crimp in the girth so confine between them the corresponding sections of the overlapping bandends as to efiectually resist straightening of the latter.

Whatl claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A splice-joint comprising the mutuallyoverlapping ends of a flexible-metal strip and a flexible-metal girth encircling said ends, said girth and overlapping strip ends being simultaneously crimped together, whereby said strip ends are confined at their crimp between the walls of the crimped section of the girth.

2. A splice-joint comprising the mutuallyoverlapping ends of a fiat; flexible-metal strip, and a girth formed of a flat flexiblemetal strip bent to surround said ends, said girth and overlapping strip ends being simultaneously criniped together, whereby said strip ends are confined at their crimp between the wallsof the crimped section of the girth.

CURTIS J. ROTHERMEL. In presence of--- (lines. B. Wannnn, F. S. LEWIS. 

